List of districts of Istanbul explained

See also: List of neighborhoods of Istanbul and List of urban centers in Istanbul. This is a list of districts of Istanbul in Turkey (Turkish: İstanbul'un ilçeleri) as of 31 December 2023.^[1] The number of the districts increased from 32 to 39 shortly before the 2009 local elections.

Nr.Plates (İlçe Kayıt)	Districts of Istanbul	Population 31.12.2023	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1103		16,325	11.05	1,477
2048		336,062	450.35	746
2049		416,529	25.23	16,509
2003		437,221	42.01	10,407
2004		719,071	22.36	32,158
2005		567,848	16.62	34,166
1166		220,476	29.64	7,438
2050		509,915	104.30	4,888
1886		268,850	9.61	27,976
1183		169,022	18.01	9,384
1185		245,647	310.36	791
2051		409,347	37.78	10,835
1186		218,589	8.91	24,533
1782		276,572	139.17	1,987
1237		80,007	1,115.13	71
2052		299,806	148.09	2,024
2016		427,901	18.43	23,217
2053		978,007	43.13	22,675
1325		420,194	228.42	1,839
1327		356,025	15.59	22,836
1336		483,830	11.76	41,142
2010		269,944	7.21	37,440
1421		467,919	25.09	18,649
1810		445,672	14.87	29,971
1449		475,042	38.54	12,325
1823		792,030	37.54	21,098
2012		523,137	52.97	9,876
1835		743,774	179.99	4,132
2054		492,804	62.42	7,895
1604		344,250	175.39	1,962
1622		221,723	869.52	255
2014		360,702	29.14	12,378
2055		532,802	36.30	14,677
1659		48,537	781.72	62
1663		264,736	10.71	24,718
2015		293,604	123.63	2,374
1852		723,760	45.31	15,973
1708		517,348	35.33	14,643
1739		280,896	11.59	24,236
Europe (25 districts)		10,030,990	3,474.35	2,887
Asia (14 districts)		5,624,934	1,868.87	3,009
Total ^[2] ^[3]		15,655,924	5,343.22	2,930

Population

	District	1965^[4]	1970^[5]	1975^[6]	1980^[7]	1985^[8]	1990^[9]	1997^[10]	2007^[11]	2012	2017	2022
		15,219	17,600	13,171	18,232	14,785	19,413	16,171	10,460	14,552	14,907	16,690
										206,299	261,655	326,452
										395,758	423,372	423,127
								214,621	323,596	395,274	435,682	452,132
	data-sort-value="Bagcilar"								487,896	719,267	749,024	748,483	740,069
	data-sort-value="Bahcelievler"								442,877	571,711	600,162	598,454	594,350
	data-sort-value="Bakirkoy"		168,694	341,743	568,799	882,505	1,238,342	1,328,276	222,336	214,821	221,336	222,370	226,685
	data-sort-value="Basaksehir"										316,176	396,729	514,900
							212,570	240,427	272,196	269,774	274,197	275,314
	data-sort-value="Besiktas"		107,442	136,105	174,931	188,117	204,911	192,210	202,783	191,513	186,067	185,447	175,190
		67,758	76,385	92,767	114,812	136,063	163,786	193,067	241,833	246,352	251,087	247,875
										229,115	314,670	412,835
		218,985	225,850	230,532	223,360	245,999	229,000	231,826	247,256	246,152	236,606	225,920
	data-sort-value="Buyukcekmece"							142,910	287,569	688,774	201,077	243,474	277,181
	data-sort-value="Catalca"		62,005	69,523	71,459	89,057	117,380	64,241	73,227	89,158	63,467	69,057	77,468
	data-sort-value="Cekmekoy"										193,182	248,859	296,066
		137,849	136,997	122,885	93,324	93,383	83,444	65,246	32,557
								344,428	517,235	458,694	454,569	445,421
										553,369	846,492	983,571
		168,417	238,831	297,218	331,507	377,187	211,986	254,028	325,532	356,512	381,114	422,913
		344,602	417,662	504,127	474,578	497,459	462,464	432,590	422,941	428,857	433,873	368,227
		89,538	125,667	160,949	219,026	289,841	393,667	649,648	1,013,048	488,258	497,959	495,998
								273,915	318,545	307,573	296,967	282,692
		166,425	241,593	362,578	468,217	577,863	648,282	699,379	744,670	521,005	451,453	483,064
	data-sort-value="Kagithane"							269,042	317,238	418,229	421,356	442,694	455,943
		97,803	168,822	287,105	413,839	572,546	611,532	362,175	541,209	443,293	463,433	483,418
	data-sort-value="Kucukcekmece"							479,419	460,388	785,392	721,911	770,393	808,957
								335,539	415,117	460,955	497,586	528,544
							295,651	339,759	520,486	625,797	698,260	750,435
										278,998	402,391	489,848
		52,445	67,902	85,262	117,659	147,503	171,872	229,600	276,407	289,959	344,876	350,454
	data-sort-value="Si"		18,098	19,427	18,648	20,424	19,310	25,372	27,385	25,169	30,218	35,131	43,464
		35,380	37,443	40,106	53,032	55,625	77,599	98,873	125,364	150,183	180,524	217,163
	data-sort-value="Sis"		268,143	365,621	440,572	467,685	526,526	250,478	257,049	314,684	318,217	274,196	276,528
								144,932	272,758	302,388	329,985	358,201
										492,212	528,514	542,531
								93,975	165,239	197,657	252,923	288,878
	data-sort-value="Umraniye"							301,257	498,952	897,260	645,238	699,901	732,379
	data-sort-value="Uskudar"		135,056	171,267	254,895	366,186	490,185	395,623	472,124	582,666	535,916	533,570	524,452
		37,090	42,689	55,036	75,787	90,228	113,417
		102,874	117,905	123,548	124,543	147,849	165,679	228,786	288,743	292,407	287,378	292,616
	Europe	1,756,374	2,281,249	2,820,388	3,264,393	3,942,005	4,734,857	6,015,351	8,156,969	8,963,431	9,726,373	10,241,510
	Asia	537,449	737,783	1,084,200	1,477,497	1,900,980	2,574,333	3,183,458	4,416,867	4,891,309	5,302,858	5,666,441
	Total	2,293,823	3,019,032	3,904,588	4,741,890	5,842,985	7,309,190	9,198,809	12,573,836	13,854,740	15,029,231	15,907,951

Historical information

Pera (now Beyoğlu) and Galata in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were a part of the Municipality of the Sixth Circle (French: Municipalité du VI^me Cercle<!--French has affinity here as the Ottomans used French in the way English is used today. See [[Languages of the Ottoman Empire]] and Johann Strauss's sources-->), established under the laws of 11 Jumada al-Thani (Djem. II) and 24 Shawwal (Chev.) 1274, in 1858; the organisation of the central city in the city walls, "Stamboul" (Turkish: İstanbul), was not affected by these laws. All of Constantinople (all of which today is now Istanbul) was in the Prefecture of the City of Constantinople (French: Préfecture de la Ville de Constantinople).^[12]

See also

• List of neighbourhoods of Istanbul

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Results of Address Based Population Registration System, 2023 . . www.tuik.gov.tr . 6 February 2024 . 6 February 2024.
2. Web site: YETKİ ALANI. Ibb.Istanbul. 1 February 2018.
3. İstanbul (land area) - 5,343.22 km²
   Lake/Dam - 117.63 km²
   İstanbul Province - 5,460.85 km²
4. Web site: 1965 General Census . 1965 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20220531152603/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015227.pdf . 31 May 2022 . live .
5. Web site: 1970 General Census . 1970 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20220810121207/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015363.pdf . 10 August 2022 . live .
6. Web site: 1975 General Census . 1975 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20220810123238/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015628.pdf . 10 August 2022 . live .
7. Web site: 1980 General Census . 1980 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20220617101828/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0015840.pdf . 17 June 2022 . live .
8. Web site: 1985 General Census . 1986 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20210522110755/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013062.pdf . 22 May 2021 . live .
9. Web site: 1990 General Census . 1991 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20210831205734/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0013349.pdf . 31 August 2021 . live .
10. Web site: 1997 Population Count . 1999 . . Turkish . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030113057/https://kutuphane.tuik.gov.tr/pdf/0014235.pdf . 30 October 2022 . live .
11. Web site: Population Of SRE-1, SRE-2, Provinces and Districts. . 23 January 2024.
12. Book: Young, George. Corps de droit ottoman; recueil des codes, lois, règlements, ordonnances et actes les plus importants du droit intérieur, et d'études sur le droit coutumier de l'Empire ottoman. Clarendon Press. 6. 1906. fr. 149.